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1 @c Copyright (C) 1996-2013 John W. Eaton
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23 @node Installation
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24 @appendix Installing Octave
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30 This file documents the installation of Octave.
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32 Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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34 Free Software Foundation.
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41 @node Installation
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42 @chapter Installing Octave
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43 @end ifset
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47 The procedure for installing Octave from source on a Unix-like system is
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54 * Build Dependencies::
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55 * Running Configure and Make::
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60 @node Build Dependencies
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123 @table @asis
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124 @item C++, C, and Fortran compilers
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125 The Octave sources are primarily written in C++, but some portions are
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135 Octave's build system requires GNU Make. Other versions of Make will
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136 not work. Fortunately, GNU Make is highly portable and easy to install.
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138 @item AWK, sed, and other Unix utilities
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139 Basic Unix system utilities are required for building Octave. All will
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141 Cygwin or MinGW and MSYS.
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142 @end table
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143
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144 Additionally, the following tools may be needed:
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146 @table @asis
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147 @item Bison
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152 @item Flex
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154 Flex if you modify the @code{lex.ll} source file or if you delete the
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155 files that are generated from it.
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157 @item Autoconf
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158 Package for software configuration
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159 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf}). Autoconf is required if
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160 you modify Octave's @code{configure.ac} file or other files that it
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161 requires.
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162
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163 @item Automake
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164 Package for Makefile generation
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165 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/automake}). Automake is required if
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166 you modify Octave's @code{Makefile.am} files or other files that they
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167 depend on.
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169 @item Libtool
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170 Package for building software libraries
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171 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool}). Libtool is required by
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172 Automake.
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174 @item gperf
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175 Perfect hash function generator (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf}).
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176 You will need gperf if you modify the @code{octave.gperf} file or if you
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177 delete the file that is generated from it.
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179 @item Texinfo
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180 Package for generating online and print documentation
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182 build Octave's documentation or if you modify the documentation source
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183 files or the docstring of any Octave function.
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184 @end table
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186 @node External Packages
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191 @table @asis
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192 @item BLAS
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193 Basic Linear Algebra Subroutine library
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196 better performance.
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198 @item LAPACK
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199 Linear Algebra Package (@url{http://www.netlib.org/lapack}).
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201 @item PCRE
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203 @end table
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205 The following external package is optional but strongly recommended:
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207 @table @asis
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208 @item GNU Readline
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209 Command-line editing library (@url{www.gnu.org/s/readline}).
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210 @end table
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213 the @option{--disable-readline} option when running the configure script.
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215 The following external software packages are optional but recommended:
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217 @table @asis
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218 @item ARPACK
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219 Library for the solution of large-scale eigenvalue problems
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223 @item cURL
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224 Library for transferring data with URL syntax
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225 (@url{http://curl.haxx.se}). cURL is required to provide the
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226 @code{urlread} and @code{urlwrite} functions and the @code{ftp} class.
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228 @item FFTW3
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229 Library for computing discrete Fourier transforms
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230 (@url{http://www.fftw.org}). FFTW3 is used to provide better
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231 performance for functions that compute discrete Fourier transforms
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234 @item FLTK
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235 Portable GUI toolkit (@url{http://www.fltk.org}). FLTK is currently
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238 @item fontconfig
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239 Library for configuring and customizing font access
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242
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243 @item FreeType
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247 @item GLPK
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249 GPLK is required for the function @code{glpk}.
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256 Interactive graphics program (@url{http://www.gnuplot.info}). gnuplot
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260 Image processing library (@url{http://www.graphicsmagick.org}).
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265 Library for manipulating portable data files
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267 @code{load} and @code{save} commands to read and write HDF data files.
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270 Java programming language compiler and libraries. The OpenJDK free
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278 interpreter.
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280 @item OpenGL
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284 outperform the gnuplot-based graphics functions because plot data can be
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286 interpretation and rendering.
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288 @item Qhull
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294 QR factorization updating library
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300 Source code highlighter and manipulator; a Qt port of Scintilla
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302 QScintilla is used for syntax highlighting and code completion in the
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303 GUI.
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305 @item Qt
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308 core, and network modules.
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311 Sparse matrix factorization library
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314 solution of linear equations for sparse systems.
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320 @end table
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349 doing. @xref{Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing}, for more details
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350 about building Octave with this option.
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352 @item --enable-bounds-check
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353 Enable bounds checking for indexing operators in the internal array
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355 Octave with this option has a negative impact on performance and is not
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356 recommended for general use.
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361 Texinfo and @TeX{} installs for this to succeed.
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369 terminal environments. This option is on by default.
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373 use the dynamic loading features, you will probably want to use this
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374 option. It will make your @file{.oct} files much smaller and on some
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375 systems it may be necessary to build shared libraries in order to use
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376 dynamically linked functions.
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389 @item --with-blas=<lib>
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409 @item --with-sepchar=<char>
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411 running Octave on non-Unix systems.
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425 @item --without-cholmod
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432 @item --without-cxsparse
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433 Don't use @sc{cxsparse}, disable some sparse matrix functionality.
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435 @item --without-fftw3
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437 Transforms instead of the @sc{fftw3} library.
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439 @item --without-fftw3f
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442 precision (float) values.
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445 Don't use the @sc{glpk} library for linear programming.
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447 @item --without-hdf5
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448 Don't use the @sc{hdf5} library, disable reading and writing of
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449 @sc{hdf5} files.
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450
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451 @item --without-opengl
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452 Don't use OpenGL, disable native graphics toolkit for plotting. You
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453 will need @code{gnuplot} installed in order to make plots.
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455 @item --without-qhull
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456 Don't use Qhull, disable @code{delaunay}, @code{convhull}, and
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457 related functions.
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459 @item --without-qrupdate
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460 Don't use @sc{qrupdate}, disable QR and Cholesky update functions.
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462 @item --without-umfpack
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463 Don't use @sc{umfpack}, disable some sparse matrix functionality.
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465 @item --without-zlib
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466 Don't use the zlib library, disable data file compression and support
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467 for recent MAT file formats.
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470 Don't use framework Carbon headers, libraries, or specific source code
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472 framework if available). This is a platform specific configure option
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473 for Mac systems.
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475 @item --without-framework-opengl
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476 Don't use framework OpenGL headers, libraries, or specific source code
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478 OpenGL headers and libraries in standard system locations are tested
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479 (the default value is @option{--with-framework-opengl}). This is a
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480 platform specific configure option for Mac systems.
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482 @end table
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484 See the file @file{INSTALL} for more general information about the
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485 command line options used by configure. That file also contains
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486 instructions for compiling in a directory other than the one where
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487 the source is located.
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489 @item
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490 Run make.
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492 You will need a recent version of GNU Make as Octave relies on certain
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493 features not generally available in all versions of make. Modifying
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494 Octave's makefiles to work with other make programs is probably not
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495 worth your time; instead, we simply recommend installing GNU Make.
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497 There are currently two options for plotting in Octave: (1) the external
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498 program gnuplot, or (2) the internal graphics engine using OpenGL and
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499 FLTK@. Gnuplot is a command-driven interactive function plotting
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500 program. Gnuplot is copyrighted, but freely distributable. As of
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501 Octave release 3.4, gnuplot is the default option for plotting. But,
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502 the internal graphics engine is nearly 100% compatible, certainly for
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503 most ordinary plots, and users are encouraged to test it. It is
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504 anticipated that the internal engine will become the default option at
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505 the next major release of Octave.
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507 To compile Octave, you will need a recent version of @code{g++} or other
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508 ANSI C++ compiler. In addition, you will need a Fortran 77 compiler or
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509 @code{f2c}. If you use @code{f2c}, you will need a script like
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510 @code{fort77} that works like a normal Fortran compiler by combining
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511 @code{f2c} with your C compiler in a single script.
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513 If you plan to modify the parser you will also need GNU @code{bison} and
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514 @code{flex}. If you modify the documentation, you will need GNU
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515 Texinfo.
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517 GNU Make, @code{gcc} (and @code{libstdc++}), @code{gnuplot},
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518 @code{bison}, @code{flex}, and Texinfo are all available from many
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519 anonymous ftp archives. The primary site is @url{ftp.gnu.org}, but it
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520 is often very busy. A list of sites that mirror the software on
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521 @url{ftp.gnu.org} is available by anonymous ftp from
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522 @url{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP}.
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524 Octave requires approximately 1.4 GB of disk storage to unpack and
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525 compile from source (significantly less, 400 MB, if you don't compile
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526 with debugging symbols). To compile without debugging symbols try the
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527 command
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528
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529 @example
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530 make CFLAGS=-O CXXFLAGS=-O LDFLAGS=
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531 @end example
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532
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533 @noindent
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538 see @ref{Installation Problems} for a list of
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539 known problems and if there is a workaround or solution for
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540 your problem. If not, see
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541 @ifclear INSTALLONLY
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542 @ref{Trouble}
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543 @end ifclear
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544 @ifset INSTALLONLY
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545 the file BUGS
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546 @end ifset
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547 for information about how to report bugs.
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549 @item
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550 Once you have successfully compiled Octave, run @code{make install}.
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552 This will install a copy of Octave, its libraries, and its documentation
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554 the following directories. In the table below, @var{prefix} defaults to
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555 @file{/usr/local}, @var{version} stands for the current version number
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556 of the interpreter, and @var{arch} is the type of computer on which
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557 Octave is installed (for example, @samp{i586-unknown-gnu}).
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559 @table @file
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560 @item @var{prefix}/bin
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561 Octave and other binaries that people will want to run directly.
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563 @item @var{prefix}/lib/octave-@var{version}
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564 Libraries like liboctave.a and liboctinterp.a.
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566 @item @var{prefix}/octave-@var{version}/include/octave
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567 Include files distributed with Octave.
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569 @item @var{prefix}/share
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570 Architecture-independent data files.
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572 @item @var{prefix}/share/man/man1
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573 Unix-style man pages describing Octave.
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575 @item @var{prefix}/share/info
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579 Function files distributed with Octave. This includes the Octave
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581 same time.
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583 @item @var{prefix}/libexec/octave/@var{version}/exec/@var{arch}
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586 @item @var{prefix}/lib/octave/@var{version}/oct/@var{arch}
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587 Object files that will be dynamically loaded.
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589 @item @var{prefix}/share/octave/@var{version}/imagelib
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590 Image files that are distributed with Octave.
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591 @end table
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592 @end itemize
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594 @node Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing
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595 @section Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing
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597 Note: the following only applies to systems that have 64-bit pointers.
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598 Configuring Octave with @option{--enable-64} cannot magically make a
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599 32-bit system have a 64-bit address space.
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601 On 64-bit systems, Octave is limited to (approximately) the following
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602 array sizes when using the default 32-bit indexing mode:
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604 @example
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605 @group
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606 double: 16GB
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607 single: 8GB
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608 uint64, int64: 16GB
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609 uint32, int32: 8GB
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610 uint16, int16: 4GB
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611 uint8, int8: 2GB
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612 @end group
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613 @end example
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615 In each case, the limit is really (approximately) @math{2^{31}} elements
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617 (signed 32-bit integer, corresponding to the size of a Fortran INTEGER
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618 value).
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620 Trying to create larger arrays will produce the following error:
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622 @example
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623 @group
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624 octave:1> a = zeros (1024*1024*1024*3, 1, 'int8');
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625 error: memory exhausted or requested size too large
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626 for range of Octave's index type --
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627 trying to return to prompt
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628 @end group
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629 @end example
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631 @noindent
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632 You will obtain this error even if your system has enough memory to
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633 create this array (4 GB in the above case).
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635 To use arrays larger than 2 GB, Octave has to be configured with the
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636 option @option{--enable-64}. This option is experimental and you are
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638 option, Octave will use 64-bit integers internally for array dimensions
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639 and indexing. However, all numerical libraries used by Octave will
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640 @strong{also} need to use 64-bit integers for array dimensions and
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641 indexing. In most cases, this means they will need to be compiled from
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642 source since most (all?) distributions which package these libraries
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643 compile them with the default Fortran integer size, which is normally
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644 32-bits wide.
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646 The following instructions were tested with the development version of
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647 Octave and GCC 4.3.4 on an x86_64 Debian system.
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649 The versions listed below are the versions used for testing. If newer
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650 versions of these packages are available, you should try to use them,
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651 although there may be some differences.
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653 All libraries and header files will be installed in subdirectories of
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654 @code{$prefix64} (you must choose the location of this directory).
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656 @itemize @bullet
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657 @item @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} (@url{http://www.netlib.org/lapack})
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659 Reference versions for both libraries are included in the reference
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660 @sc{lapack} 3.2.1 distribution from @url{netlib.org}.
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662 @itemize @minus
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663 @item
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664 Copy the file @file{make.inc.example} and name it @file{make.inc}.
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665 The options @option{-fdefault-integer-8} and @option{-fPIC} (on 64-bit
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666 CPU) have to be added to the variable @code{OPTS} and @code{NOOPT}.
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669 Once you have compiled this library make sure that you use it for
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672 @end itemize
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674 @item QRUPDATE (@url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/qrupdate})
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677
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678 @itemize @minus
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679 @item
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680 Add @option{-fdefault-integer-8} to @env{FFLAGS}.
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682 @item
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683 Adjust the @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} variables as needed if your 64-bit
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684 aware @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} libraries are in a non-standard
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685 location.
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687 @item
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688 Set @env{PREFIX} to the top-level directory of your install tree.
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690 @item
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691 Run @code{make solib} to make a shared library.
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693 @item
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694 Run @code{make install} to install the library.
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695 @end itemize
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697 @item
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698 SuiteSparse (@url{http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/SuiteSparse})
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699
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700 Pass the following options to @command{make} to enable 64-bit integers
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701 for @sc{blas} library calls. On 64-bit Windows systems, use
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702 @code{-DLONGBLAS="long long"} instead.
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704 @example
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705 @group
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706 CFLAGS='-DLONGBLAS=long'
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707 CXXFLAGS='-DLONGBLAS=long'
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708 @end group
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709 @end example
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710
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711 The SuiteSparse makefiles don't generate shared libraries. On some
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712 systems, you can generate them by doing something as simple as
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714 @example
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715 @group
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716 top=$(pwd)
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717 for f in *.a; do
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718 mkdir tmp
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719 cd tmp
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720 ar vx ../$f
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721 gcc -shared -o ../$@{f%%.a@}.so *.o
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722 cd $top
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723 rm -rf tmp
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724 done
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725 @end group
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726 @end example
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727
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728 @noindent
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729 Other systems may require a different solution.
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730
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731 @item @sc{arpack} (http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng/)
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732
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733 @itemize @minus
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734 @item Add @option{-fdefault-integer-8} to @env{FFLAGS} when running configure.
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735
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736 @item Run @code{make} to build the library.
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737
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738 @item Run @code{make install} to install the library.
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739 @end itemize
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740
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741 @item ATLAS instead of reference @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack}
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742
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743 Suggestions on how to compile ATLAS would be most welcome.
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745 @item @sc{glpk}
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746
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747 @item Qhull (@url{http://www.qhull.org})
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748
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749 Both @sc{glpk} and Qhull use @code{int} internally so maximum problem
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750 sizes may be limited.
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751
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752 @item Octave
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753
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754 Octave's 64-bit index support is activated with the configure option
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755 @option{--enable-64}.
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756
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757 @example
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758 @group
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759 ./configure \
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760 LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$prefix64/lib" \
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761 CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix64/include" LDFLAGS="-L$prefix64/lib" \
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762 --enable-64
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763 @end group
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764 @end example
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765
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766 You must ensure that all Fortran sources except those in the
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768 8-bytes wide. If you are using gfortran, the configure script should
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769 automatically set the Makefile variable @w{@env{F77_INTEGER_8_FLAG}} to
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770 @option{-fdefault-integer-8}. If you are using another compiler, you
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771 must set this variable yourself. You should NOT set this flag in
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772 @env{FFLAGS}, otherwise the files in @file{liboctave/cruft/ranlib} will be
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773 miscompiled.
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774
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775 @item Other dependencies
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776
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777 Probably nothing special needs to be done for the following
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778 dependencies. If you discover that something does need to be done,
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779 please submit a bug report.
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780
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781 @itemize @minus
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782 @item pcre
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784 @item zlib
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785
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786 @item hdf5
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788 @item fftw3
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790 @item cURL
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792 @item GraphicsMagick++
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794 @item OpenGL
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795
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796 @item freetype
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797
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798 @item fontconfig
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799
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800 @item fltk
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801 @end itemize
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803 @end itemize
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804
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805 @node Installation Problems
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806 @section Installation Problems
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807
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808 This section contains a list of problems (and some apparent problems
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809 that don't really mean anything is wrong) that may show up during
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810 installation of Octave.
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811
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812 @itemize @bullet
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813 @item
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814 On some SCO systems, @code{info} fails to compile if
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815 @w{@code{HAVE_TERMIOS_H}} is defined in @file{config.h}. Simply
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816 removing the definition from @file{info/config.h} should allow it to
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817 compile.
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818
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819 @item
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820 If @code{configure} finds @code{dlopen}, @code{dlsym}, @code{dlclose},
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821 and @code{dlerror}, but not the header file @file{dlfcn.h}, you need to
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822 find the source for the header file and install it in the directory
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823 @file{usr/include}. This is reportedly a problem with Slackware 3.1.
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824 For Linux/GNU systems, the source for @file{dlfcn.h} is in the
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825 @code{ldso} package.
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826
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827 @item
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828 Building @file{.oct} files doesn't work.
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829
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830 You should probably have a shared version of @code{libstdc++}. A patch
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831 is needed to build shared versions of version 2.7.2 of @code{libstdc++}
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832 on the HP-PA architecture. You can find the patch at
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833 @url{ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/g++/libg++-2.7.2-hppa-gcc-fix}.
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834
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835 @item
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836 On some DEC alpha systems there may be a problem with the @code{libdxml}
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837 library, resulting in floating point errors and/or segmentation faults
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838 in the linear algebra routines called by Octave. If you encounter such
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839 problems, then you should modify the configure script so that
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840 @w{@code{SPECIAL_MATH_LIB}} is not set to @code{-ldxml}.
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841
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842 @item
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843 On FreeBSD systems Octave may hang while initializing some internal
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844 constants. The fix appears to be to use
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845
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846 @example
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847 options GPL_MATH_EMULATE
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848 @end example
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849
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850 @noindent
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851 rather than
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852
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853 @example
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854 options MATH_EMULATE
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855 @end example
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856
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857 @noindent
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858 in the kernel configuration files (typically found in the directory
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859 @file{/sys/i386/conf}). After making this change, you'll need to rebuild
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860 the kernel, install it, and reboot.
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861
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862 @item
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863 If you encounter errors like
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864
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865 @example
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866 @group
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867 passing `void (*)()' as argument 2 of
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868 `octave_set_signal_handler(int, void (*)(int))'
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869 @end group
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870 @end example
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871
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872 @noindent
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873 or
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874
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875 @example
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876 @group
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877 warning: ANSI C++ prohibits conversion from `(int)'
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878 to `(@dots{})'
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879 @end group
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880 @end example
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881
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882 @noindent
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883 while compiling @file{sighandlers.cc}, you may need to edit some files
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884 in the @code{gcc} include subdirectory to add proper prototypes for
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885 functions there. For example, Ultrix 4.2 needs proper declarations for
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886 the @code{signal} function and the @w{@code{SIG_IGN}} macro in the file
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887 @file{signal.h}.
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888
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889 On some systems the @w{@code{SIG_IGN}} macro is defined to be something
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890 like this:
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891
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892 @example
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893 #define SIG_IGN (void (*)())1
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894 @end example
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895
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896 @noindent
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897 when it should really be something like:
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898
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899 @example
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900 #define SIG_IGN (void (*)(int))1
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901 @end example
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902
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903 @noindent
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904 to match the prototype declaration for the @code{signal} function. This
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905 change should also be made for the @w{@code{SIG_DFL}} and
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906 @w{@code{SIG_ERR}} symbols. It may be necessary to change the
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907 definitions in @file{sys/signal.h} as well.
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908
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909 The @code{gcc} @code{fixincludes} and @code{fixproto} scripts should
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910 probably fix these problems when @code{gcc} installs its modified set of
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911 header files, but I don't think that's been done yet.
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912
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913 @strong{You should not change the files in @file{/usr/include}}. You
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914 can find the @code{gcc} include directory tree by running the command
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915
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916 @example
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917 gcc -print-libgcc-file-name
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918 @end example
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919
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920 @noindent
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921 The directory of @code{gcc} include files normally begins in the same
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922 directory that contains the file @file{libgcc.a}.
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923
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924 @item
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925 Some of the Fortran subroutines may fail to compile with older versions
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926 of the Sun Fortran compiler. If you get errors like
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928 @example
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929 @group
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931 zgemm:
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932 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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933 zgemm.f, line 245: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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934 expression subtree
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935 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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936 zgemm.f, line 304: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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937 expression subtree
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938 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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939 zgemm.f, line 327: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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940 expression subtree
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941 pcc_binval: missing IR_CONV in complex op
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942 make[2]: *** [zgemm.o] Error 1
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943 @end group
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944 @end example
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946 @noindent
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947 when compiling the Fortran subroutines in the @file{liboctave/cruft}
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948 subdirectory, you should either upgrade your compiler or try compiling
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949 with optimization turned off.
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950
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951 @item
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952 On NeXT systems, if you get errors like this:
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953
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954 @example
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955 @group
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956 /usr/tmp/cc007458.s:unknown:Undefined local
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957 symbol LBB7656
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958 /usr/tmp/cc007458.s:unknown:Undefined local
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959 symbol LBE7656
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960 @end group
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961 @end example
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962
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963 @noindent
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964 when compiling @file{Array.cc} and @file{Matrix.cc}, try recompiling
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965 these files without @option{-g}.
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966
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967 @item
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968 Some people have reported that calls to system() and the pager do not
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969 work on SunOS systems. This is apparently due to having
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923c7cb7f13f Simplify TeXinfo files by eliminating redundant @iftex followed by @tex construction.
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970 @w{@code{G_HAVE_SYS_WAIT}} defined to be 0 instead of 1 when compiling
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971 @code{libg++}.
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972
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973 @item
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974 On NeXT systems, linking to @file{libsys_s.a} may fail to resolve the
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975 following functions
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976
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977 @example
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978 @group
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979 _tcgetattr
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980 _tcsetattr
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981 _tcflow
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982 @end group
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983 @end example
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984
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985 @noindent
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986 which are part of @file{libposix.a}. Unfortunately, linking Octave with
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987 @option{-posix} results in the following undefined symbols.
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988
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989 @example
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990 @group
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991 .destructors_used
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992 .constructors_used
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993 _objc_msgSend
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994 _NXGetDefaultValue
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995 _NXRegisterDefaults
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996 .objc_class_name_NXStringTable
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997 .objc_class_name_NXBundle
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998 @end group
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999 @end example
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1000
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1001 One kluge around this problem is to extract @file{termios.o} from
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1002 @file{libposix.a}, put it in Octave's @file{src} directory, and add it
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1003 to the list of files to link together in the makefile. Suggestions for
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1004 better ways to solve this problem are welcome!
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1005
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1006 @item
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1007 If Octave crashes immediately with a floating point exception, it is
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1008 likely that it is failing to initialize the IEEE floating point values
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1009 for infinity and NaN.
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1010
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1011 If your system actually does support IEEE arithmetic, you should be able
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1012 to fix this problem by modifying the function @code{octave_ieee_init} in
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1013 the file @file{lo-ieee.cc} to correctly initialize Octave's internal
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1014 infinity and NaN variables.
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1015
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1016 If your system does not support IEEE arithmetic but Octave's configure
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1017 script incorrectly determined that it does, you can work around the
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1019 @w{@code{HAVE_ISINF}}, @w{@code{HAVE_FINITE}}, and
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1020 @w{@code{HAVE_ISNAN}}.
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1021
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1022 In any case, please report this as a bug since it might be possible to
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1023 modify Octave's configuration script to automatically determine the
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1024 proper thing to do.
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1025
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1026 @item
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1027 If Octave is unable to find a header file because it is installed in a
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1028 location that is not normally searched by the compiler, you can add the
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1029 directory to the include search path by specifying (for example)
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1030 @code{CPPFLAGS=-I/some/nonstandard/directory} as an argument to
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1031 @code{configure}. Other variables that can be specified this way are
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1032 @env{CFLAGS}, @env{CXXFLAGS}, @env{FFLAGS}, and @env{LDFLAGS}. Passing
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1033 them as options to the configure script also records them in the
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1034 @file{config.status} file. By default, @env{CPPFLAGS} and @env{LDFLAGS}
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1035 are empty, @env{CFLAGS} and @env{CXXFLAGS} are set to @qcode{"-g -O"} and
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1036 @env{FFLAGS} is set to @qcode{"-O"}.
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